SSK Unit 4.2 Planning Guide

Instructional Strategies/ActivitiesHISD PLANNING GUIDEEnglish Language Arts Grade 7SUMMER SCHOOLPresent students with model sentences from mentor texts and encourage the use of compound sentences. Create aposter to display these conjunctions as a reminder to students and have students copy these conjunctions into theirWriter’s Notebooks. See Anderson’s Everyday Editing and the Grammar Bytes- Coordinating Conjunctions website inResources.Homework and PracticeComplex Sentences- WABU WABU WATIST (ELA.7.14C, ELA.7.19B)Review subordinating conjunctions with students. WABU WABU WATIST is an acronym to assist students inremembering subordinating conjunctions:W- when W- where W-why notA- as A- after A-althoughB- because B- before T- thatU- until U- unless I- ifS-sinceT- thanPresent students with model sentences from mentor texts and encourage the use of complex sentences. Create aposter to display these conjunctions and have students copy these conjunctions into their Writer’s Notebooks. SeeAnderson’s Everyday Editing in Resources.Cooperative LearningRevision Stations (ELA.7.14C, ELA.7.17A.ii, ELA.7.19A.viii)Consider placing revision stations around the classroom. Have one station for sentence variety, one for thesisstatements, and one for transitions. At each station have students complete a questionnaire with a partner and reviseeach element based on the lessons previously taught. See Revision Station Questionnaires in Resources.Cooperative LearningWriting Groups- Peer Editing Conference (ELA.7.14D, ELA.7.20A, ELA.7.20B.i, ELA.7.21A)Have students participate in an Editing Conference. See Lane’s Reviser’s Toolbox in Resources.1. Seat Writing Group members in circles.2. Trade papers in a clockwise direction.3. Focus on specific aspects of grammar, capitalization, or conventions.4. Use proof-reading symbols to suggest corrections.5. Continue with process until students receive their compositions.Correct compositions using suggestions and other self-initiated strategies.Setting Objectives and Providing FeedbackChecklistHave students complete a final checklist independently. This checklist should contain any last minute CUPS, formattingand guidelines. Remind students that CUPS stands for:C- capitalizationU- usageP- punctuationS- spellingSee Final Checklist in Resources.ResourcesAdopted Instructional Materials• Best Practices Toolkit. Illinois:McDougal Littel, 2010. Affixes pp. E14-E15 Setting a Purpose p. A7, A38• Grammar Notes DVD-ROM. Illinois:Supporting Resources• 6 Step Paraphrasing• Comparing Purposes• Dialectical Journal- NonfictionAnalysis - English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) - Literacy Leads the Way Best Practices - Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard- State Process Standard R - State Readiness Standard S - State Supporting StandardProfessional Texts• Anderson, Jeff. Everyday Editing.Maine: Stenhouse Publishers,2005.• Burke, Jim. Tools for Thought.© Houston ISD Curriculum2012 – 2013Page 11 of 12